CD-14th, Summer 2007
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Friday, March 7th, 2008The cannabis plant is extremely interesting in that 2/3 of its chemical makeup is inactive until heated. This is why the main way of ingesting cannabis continues to be smoking. Heating cannabis increases its potency and is the reason that you don’t get high if you make a cannabis salad (unless you toast your buds [...]
Cooking with Cannoil
Friday, March 7th, 2008The next thing you need to remember is that low heat applies to baking as well. Cookies are baked at 250F for 1/2 hour. Cakes need to bake at the least 300F, so brownies and things like that are usually preferred. It’s time to reveal the secret ingredient! LECITHIN! That’s right, lecithin. It comes from [...]
CBC of C Cannaplasts
Friday, March 7th, 2008By Gayle Quin Cannaplasts are a poultice made of recycled plant material produced in the making of cookies and oils, wrapped in new cheesecloth. They are applied directly to insect stings and bites, varicose veins, sore joints and muscles. They relieve arthritic inflammation and rheumatic pains. Cannaplasts may also be used to help sore or [...]
VICS TRIAL DRAGS ON
Sunday, August 19th, 2007Cannabis Digest Ted Smith After spending 12 days in court in May and June, the trial of Mathew Beren and Micheal Swallow has another 8 days scheduled from July 31 to Aug 10. That will probably not be enough time yet to hear all of the testimony. In May, 2004, the Vancouver Island Compassion Society [...]
International Hempology 101 Society AGM
Sunday, August 19th, 2007Cannabis Digest The International Hempology 101 Society will be having its 9th Annual General Meeting at 7 pm on Thursday August 16 at 826 Johnson St. This meeting is open to all members of the society and the public interested in at least witnessing the discussion. Members of the society can nominate other members to [...]
POSSESSION LAW IN TROUBLE
Sunday, August 19th, 2007Cannabis Digest By Ted Smith On July 13, 2007, Judge Borenstein of the Ontario Court of Justice dismissed charges of possession of a few grams against a man from Toronto and declared that the law was invalid because the Medical Marijuana Access Regulations had not been passed in law. Lawyer Brian McAllister successfully argued the [...]
Willie Nelson – Hemp will help save the planet
Sunday, August 19th, 2007Cannabis Digest By Veronica Horn Willie Nelson was born April 30, 1933 in a tiny Central Texas farming community. Willie reached fame during the outlaw country movement of the 1970s. Legendary singer and advocate for the American farmer, he has also become recognized for his participation in the movement to legalize marijuana and hemp in [...]
KRIEGER IN AND OUT OF JAIL
Sunday, August 19th, 2007Cannabis Digest By Ted Smith After first being told by Judge Pepler that he would be allowed to use his medicine while serving a 4-month sentence in jail, Grant Krieger was forced to spend 9 days in the Calgary Remand Center without cannabis. He was released only because his lawyer filed an appeal, not because [...]
GREEN CROSS HELPS C.B.C. OF C.
Sunday, August 19th, 2007Cannabis Digest By Ted Smith Another visit to the laboratory of the Green Cross Society of B.C. in Vancouver in June will help the CBC of C make even better food and skin products. Approaching one year of existence, the Green Cross is a busy place. (See Cannabis Digest #12). One of the best features [...]
CBC of C Hemp Milk
Sunday, August 19th, 2007Hemp seeds are the most-balanced source of omega-3 and omega-6 essential fatty acids. The body cannot produce these EFA’s so they have to be taken in with the foods we eat. However, when foods are processed, their EFA’s lose their nutritional value and even become toxic. Hemp milk also has a strong digestible protein profile, [...]
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